Midwifery, 140, 145. Milk, as food, 312. —— fever, 165. —— in the breasts of new-born infants, 171. —— mother’s influence of diet on, 172. —— porridge, 319. Miscarriage, cause of, 121. —— flooding in, 121, 123. —— prevention of, 122. —— treatment of, 123. Mismenstruation, 87. Mistakes in giving medicine, 245. Mode of administering medicine, 328. Morning sickness, 105. Morphine, poisoning by, 297. Mother, 19. Mucilage of starch, 322. Mumps, 274. Mush and milk, 320. Mustard plasters, 226. Mutton broth, 326. Mutton soup, 325. Narcotic poisons, 286. Narcotics, 353. Natural labor, 149. Nausea, 337. Naval, soreness of, 170. Naval string, 101. Naval string, dressing of, 53. Nervous disorders, 220. Nervous shock, 163. Neuralgic dysmenorrhœa, 89. Night nursing, 245. Night sweats, 341. Nipple, cracked and sore, 360. —— retracted, 41. —— to harden, 26. Nose bleed, 301. Nutricious coffee, 321. —— laxative, 321. Nurses, duties of, 33. —— general rules, 243. —— qualifications of, 30 —— responsibilities of, 33. —— should be well paid, 31. —— skilled, 145. Nursing, rules for, 33. Nux vomica as a poison, 283, 287. Oatmeal gruel, 318. Observation of symptoms, 221. Obstructed labor, 181. Obturator foramen, 57. Oil, 302. Ointment for skin affections, 359. Operation cases, 251. Opium, 224. —— for labor, 155. —— poisoning by, 287. Opthalmia, 373. Ordinary hurts, 297. Organs of generation, 64. Os coccygis, 59. Ossa innominata, 56. Os sacrum, 55. Os tincæ or os uteri, 66. Outlet of the pelvic canal, 62. Ova, 98. Ovarian neuralgia, 89, 353. Ovaries, 68, 69, 74. Ovum, its development, 98. Oyster broth, 324. Oysters, 312. Pains, 128, 129. Palpation for diagnosis, 140. Palpitation of the heart, 26, 354. Panada, 318, 322. Paralysis, 217, 218. Paregoric, 268. Parotitis, or mumps, 280. Parturition, 123, 125. Passion, ill effects of during pregnancy, 21. Pelvis, 55, 60, 62. Percussion, 106. Perineum, 65. Period of gestation, 124. Persons asphyxiated, 288. Phthisis, tubercular, 277. Phosphorus, poisoning by, 286. Physician should be selected, 28. Physiology of fœtal life, 109. —— of uterus and ovaries, 70. Physiological phenomena of labor, 126. Piles in pregnancy, 24, 273. Piles ointment, 361. Placenta, 100, 101. —— adherent, 131, 160. —— previa, 193. Placental presentations, 101, 193. Pleurisy, 225. Pneumonia, 220. Poached eggs, 324. Poisons and their antidotes, 281, 284. Position of patient during parturition, 148. Position of the fœtus in utero, 107. Post partem hemorrhage, 161. Potus imperialis, 321. Poultices, alum, 233. —— bread, 232. —— charcoal, 234. —— conium, 234. —— yeast, 233. Powerless labor, 180. Precocious unions, 14. Precursory symptoms of labor, 35, 36. —— —— the menses, 71. Pregnancy and confinement, 13.